Doll house



y 4, 1948- J. K. MAKRIANES 2,441,076

DOLL HOUSE Filed April 27, 1946 IN VEN TOR.

Patented May 4, 1Q48 2;441,o7.enon. House: J James-Ki'MakrlanesaLongmeadow; Mass; zipplicatinm fiprilmifi,194e,.seriai-Nu.665,516

This invention relates to improvements in doll houses.

The principal objects of this invention are directed tothe provision ofa d oll' liouseponstrnction which is characterized by=a box and" coverfor containing a WalLstrncturei other components which components saidbox and cover,

are adapted to support inseteuprelatiom.

According to novelfemturesv ofthe invention, the constructionisiad'apted'ifor economical manufacture and is arranged for compactnessforstore age and shipment while at. .the. same timevit is easily andreadily set up.

With the foregoing and various other novel features and advantages andother objects of my invention as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the claim hereuntoannexed and more fully described and referred to in connection with theaccompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the several components of the doll houseconstruction of the invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are plan and front eievational views of the components inset-up relation;

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view showing adjacent doll houseconstructions in set-up relation; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, the invention will befully described.

A box is represented by 2 which has a bottom wall 4, end walls 6 andfront and rear walls 8 and I0.

A cover is shown at I2 which has an upper wall l4, end walls [6, andfront and rear walls l8 and 20. Said cover and box are made fromcardboard and the cover telescopes over the box so as to form acontainer for the other components of the structure which are asfollows.

A sheet to simulate a rug is represented by 2| which may be a sheet ofpaper known as velour paper and may be of any desired color it it may bedecorated.

A wall structure 22 is provided which includes a rear wall 24 and endwalls .28 and 26 hinged at 28 to opposite ends thereof. The end wallshave doors 30 cut therefrom and hinged thereto at 32 and the rear wallmay be provided with one or more window openings 34. Inner faces of saidwalls 24 and 26 preferably carry ornamentation ronim. (o1. ss-2ntovsimplate'wall paperor other decorations as,

indicated'byf36.

Said; wall. structure will be madeirom card? boardandjtlie end", wallsare. 'swingable from the: superposed relation showniiriFig. 11f'orpa'cking inltlieabox to. .a. seteup'. position.

Aftlireshold-member. 3851s provided which. may be. made-fromfcardboardand. is provided with notchesjfll atoppositdends adapted, toreceivetheedgesofthedoor openingsin the end walls. There maybe. as many,ofsuch thresholds as may.

be. desired. and they function to hold adjacent walls .offadjacentwallsections together; I

A look member 42 also made from cardboard is provided which has a notch44 to receive adjacent end walls of adjacent cover walls to lock thecovers together.

In setting up the construction, the box and cover are arranged intelescoping relation with the bottom wall of the box uppermost.

The wall structure has its end walls 25 inserted between end walls ofthe box and cover and its rear wall inserted between the rear walls ofsaid box and cover as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In this position of theparts the rug 2| is set on the wall 4.

As will be seen the walls simulate the walls of a room and toy furnituremay be placed in the room. The front and upper side of the room beingopen the room is readily accessible and the child may position thefurniture and move it about as desired.

In Fig. 4 adjacent room constructions are shown. The lock 42 is insertedbetween the front walls l8 of the covers and adjacent front walls of theboxes with the end walls of the covers received in the notch 64 thereof,see Fig. 4. s

The threshold 38 has edges of door openings of adjacent end walls 26disposed in the notch 44 thereof, as shown in Fig. 5.

The lock and threshold cooperate to hold adjacent room constructionstogether and in such a manner that the doors 36 are swingable on theirhinge connections.

The components are easily and readily set up to provide the roomconstruction and may be as ornamental as desired while all of the partsmay be packed and stored in the container formed by the cover and box.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departingfrom the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the presentembodiments are therefore to be considered in all re- 55 spects merelyas being illustrative and not as being restrictive, the scope of theinvention being indicated by the appended claim rather than by theforegoing description, and all modifications and variations as fallwithin the meaning and purview and range of equivalency of the appendedclaim are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

A doll house construction simulating plural adjacent rooms comprising incombination, cover members each having upper walls and side and endwalls extending at right angles from marginal edges thereof, said upperwalls adapted to rest on a support with said side and end wallsextending upwardly therefrom and said members adapted to serve as afoundation, room structures each having rear wall sections and end wallsections hinged thereto at opposite ends thereof, box members eachhaving a lower wall and side and end walls extending therefrom at rightangles, said box members inserted in said cover members with the lowerwall thereof uppermost and the corresponding side and end walls of saidcover and box members in adjacency, lower ends of the rear and end wallssections of the room structures inserted between the adjacent wall ofthe cover and box members and extending upwardly therefrom, a lockmember provided with a slot extending upwardly from the lower sidethereof providing side portions at opposite sides thereof, said sideportions of the lock member inserted between the adjacent front walls ofthe cover and box members and'adjacent end walls of adjacent covermembers received in said slot to hold said cover members againstseparation at the forward sides thereof, adjacent end wall sections ofthe wall structures provided with cut-out door openings spaced inwardlyfrom the forward edges thereof and having marginal edges extendingupwardly from the lower wall of the box members, and a threshold memberhaving slots extending inwardly from opposite ends thereof and havingmarginal edges extending upwardly from the lower wall of the boxmembers, said members resting on the lower walls of the box members andthe slots thereof snugly receiving portions of the end walls of the wallstructures adiaoent the door openings and cooperating with said lookmember to' hold said cover members and wall structures againstseparation at a point rearwardly of said lock member.

JAMES K. MAKRIANES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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